Published by Self published Genres: Contemporary, Romance
Format: eARC
BLURB:
What’s love got to do with it?
Her life was a Tina Turner song. Celia Lynton had been told her entire life that she couldn’t marry for love, marriage should be a business agreement, poor men were only after the family fortune, blah, blah, blah. But now, there is no fortune. There’s only debt, and an urgency to find a way to pay her younger brother’s tuition at a school that can tend to his special needs. So yeah, there’s going to be a marriage. One of convenience. Just like her parents wanted. She’ll marry a future Scottish earl—a very rich future earl—and her brother will get to attend school. There’s just one problem: Celia is in love with another man.
You can’t always get what you want.
His life was a Rolling Stones song. Carter Martin has loved Celia since they were kids. Never mind he’s too quiet, too studious for someone who lights up a room when she smiles, add to that his father works for her family. Being the son of the “help”, he could never be good enough for her. So he’s worked hard his entire life to show his boss, the Earl of Pembroke, that he can take over his father’s position as Steward of the estate some day and take care of the family who has taken care of his for generations. Little does he know, Celia has a plan of her own…an intimate trip to Italy where they won’t be able to keep their hands off each other. How can he resist the only woman he’s ever loved?
CHRISTINA’S FOUR STAR REVIEW:
Just when you think a series is over….I’m so glad we got to experience this “unsolved” story!!!
Carter is Tristan’s best friend. The friend who’s family pretty much ran the grounds for Tristan’s father’s estate in London. So you can only imagine how falling in love with an aristocrat would be frowned on. Well…that’s exactly what he did. But with all due respect, he feel in love with her many years ago when they were just children. And now it looks as though he’ll never get the chance to properly love her since she’s promised to another man.
Celia has spent many years looking after her family. Now that her father has run in to financial woes, it looks like the burden has fallen on her even more so lately. Although her heart belongs to someone else, she’s willing to sacrifies everything to make sure he brother has what he needs: an education at a private school. But is the price too great for the heart?
After reading Tristan and Kat’s story, I was always fond of the side story that was Carter and Celia. I’m so happy we finally got to read their story. Although I don’t exactly agree with the “one last month to be with those we love” idea, I am fond of the way everything worked out. Bottom line is that a happy ending is just that. A happy ending.
Side note: Now I’m extremely curious about a side character that just might get his own story in the near future. Might have to change the title to “love in Scotland” LOL
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